The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-03-25
HOME JOTTINGS.
See notice of Farm for Sale"

several cases OF ulpntnerla are re-
ported.
The pupils of the Eagle Lake schools
gave an entertainment Wednesday even
ing.
Harry Coffin, late of Roses insur-
,ance office, has accepted a position at
Duluth.
The knights of Pythias have fixed
the evening of April 18th for their COM
ing party.
Lawrence Barrett is playing IN
Minneapolis this week, and opens at St.
Paul next Monday night.
BE sure to attend c. ii. Belhnger's
auction sale of household goods on Jack
son street, Saturday at l p. IN.
-Fairmont, Brown county, is agltating
the matter of raising bonus to get a
grist mill located within precincts.
The foundation for Sundts new
block on South Front street is being
rapidly completed, and brick laying will
be commenced shortly.
The Democrats will hold their city
convention at o'clock on the afternoon
of April 2nd. The primaries are to be
held Friday evening preceding.
The Mankato Street Railroad Com
pany, which never fails to be up with
the times, has just provided metal fare
checks for the use of its customers.
The official vote on the court house
bonds makes the majority in favor
of the proposition 53, instead of Is as it
was according To unofficial advices.
-Cuddy's poultry yard at South Bend
is bound to come TO the front. They
have just added an incubator and several
fine chickens to their yards the past
week.
Subject for discourse at Christian
church next Sunday evening will be, "a
Divided Professionalism not of God.
Christian Union Needed and How Sc
cured"
A. d. Crane sold the two lots he re-
Gently bought in Duluth to J. L. Wash
burn, Wednesday, for $500. Crane
paid 5000 for the property less than a
month ago.
"A sale of Short Horn Cattle will be
held at the lie Sueur stock farm at one
p. IN. March 3lst. Persons wishing to
secure some choice short-horns should
attend this sale.
Senator Sabin has favored this office
with copy of the Senatorial Edition"
of the National Republican. 1t contains
much interesting matter in regard to
Congressional affairs.
The st. Paul Globe says it has a cor
respondent at Mankato who wants
copy of the liquor laws Of Montana.
Wonder if our saloonists are going to
emigrate to that territory?
The Engineering NelUs Pub. Co. have
sent us their Sd issue of statistical tables
of American Water Works. 1t is a
most complete work and full of reliable
information concerning the water works
interests of the country.
st. Peter Tribune, 23rd: Rev. q. Pol
lock and wife, of Mankato, are the guests
of Rev. K. A. Carnahan and Mrs. earn
.ahan, of this city.-Mr. and Mrs. A. S.
here with parents and friends.
We have received the annual report
of the Railroad and Warehouse Commits
sioners for the year ending June 80,
1856. 1t is valuable compendium of
statistics and information regarding the
railroad and grain interests of the State.
Lake Crystal Union: About the first
of April the Mankato FREE Press will be-
gin the publication of a daily in that city.
This is what Mankato has needed to
place her among the leading cities OF
Minnesota, and We wish the enterprise
success.
There was slight error in the re-
port of county board proceedings pub
lished last week. Commissioner Hannay
should have been credited with recon-
mending an appropriation for the open
ing of road in section one, Rapidan
township.
Capt. Boylen, representing a New
York house, was in the city this week
taking measures for the new uniforms
soon to he donned by Co. +. The Cap.
tain is a member of the Twelfth Regi-
ment, the crack military organization of
New York City.
One of our citizens is making ar
rangements to heat his residence by
steam carried i'm pipes from Marsh's
factory. If the experiment proves a
success, of which there seems no doubt,
many other residents will be likely TO
adopt this method of heating.
-Messrs. Frank Fowler and J. X.
Beatty d Co., have each issued neat
little pamphlet setting forth the superior
qualities of MankatO lime and stone,
which they will use to advertise those
branches of their business. The FREE
PRESS job rooms turned out the work
which is done in first-class style.
The German Lutheran society has
determined to erect new school house
on their lot at tine corner of Washington
and Third streets. They have an at
tendance Of l76 pupils at present and
expect to engage another teacher as soon
as the new building is ready for occu-
pancy. The dimensions of the new
house will be l2x36 and IL feet high.
The entertainment given at the
Union school building last Friday even
ing passed off creditably to all concern
ed, those taking part acquitting them
selves well without exception. There
was good attendance and the piano fund
received substantial benefit. Although
held in the largest school room in the
city the lack of room was painfully evil
dent, though the fact that there were
no accommodation for a large audience
being 40 well known doubtless KEEP
many from attempting to attend. II
afforded another forcible illustration o.
the need of a suitable high school build
ing for the city, want which we hope
will soon be supplied. Let every voter
who has the good of the city and 1T.
educational interests at heart favor the
proposition TO provide for the erection
ofa new building.